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The next horrible Hollywood adaptation of a cartoon classic

To be fair, The Rock, I mean, Dwayne, could probably do a serviceable job of playing Race (although I would rather see him play Brock Sampson, complete with flowing blonde locks) but do not worry, there's a train wreck comin' round the bend.

To be fair, The Rock, I mean, Dwayne, could probably do a serviceable job of playing Race (although I would rather see him play Brock Sampson, complete with flowing blonde locks) but do not worry, there's a train wreck comin' round the bend.

Geezus!! With all the great scripts floating around Hollywood, they keep sunking their money in dumber and dumber projects. Why doa live action when the Venture Brothers are the final word in ANY kind of Johnny Quest remake?

I'm already cringing at the thought of what Will Farrell is going to do to the Land of the Lost.

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Re: The next horrible Hollywood adaptation of a cartoon classic

I think Jonny Quest may be a generational thing. If you were a kid in the {ahem} early seventies (or late sixties for that matter) there was nothing like Jonny Quest as far as cartoons went. The high production values (since it was originally a primetime series,) relatively mature storylines and violence made it really cool for its time. For those growing in the nineties or beyond, it probably doesn't make that much of an impression (especially the later remakes.)

One thing I didn't realize until just now is that Tim Matheson was the voice of Jonny Quest in the original series. Matheson later went on to be Otter in Animal House and played many other roles, including one in The West Wing and of course his role as the heel in Fletch. Strangely, he also bought National Lampoon magazine in 1989 hoping to reverse its decline, but ended up selling it a couple of years later. Too bad; I miss National Lampoon.

Re: The next horrible Hollywood adaptation of a cartoon classic

I think Jonny Quest may be a generational thing. If you were a kid in the {ahem} early seventies (or late sixties for that matter) there was nothing like Jonny Quest as far as cartoons went. The high production values (since it was originally a primetime series,) relatively mature storylines and violence made it really cool for its time. For those growing in the nineties or beyond, it probably doesn't make that much of an impression (especially the later remakes.)

One thing I didn't realize until just now is that Tim Matheson was the voice of Jonny Quest in the original series. Matheson later went on to be Otter in Animal House and played many other roles, including one in The West Wing and of course his role as the heel in Fletch. Strangely, he also bought National Lampoon magazine in 1989 hoping to reverse its decline, but ended up selling it a couple of years later. Too bad; I miss National Lampoon.

Man, you are so right about JQ. It was pretty cutting edge back then and I was a HUGE fan. Matter-of-fact, believe it or not, I just re-watched the one with the giant walking black orb with the single eye that they show in the opening credits with the evil Dr. Syn. I STILL like watching old Johnny Quests. Maybe it is generational, but there's a reason the original quest has stood the test of time.

BTW, I just watched Speed Racer last night. Visually, I LOVED it. Too bad they didn't spend a little time on the characters. I didn't hate the movie, but they really blew a great opportunity. Really blew it.

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